Multiline text

- [Narrator] I'm going to go back up to the Draw menu,…back down to Text…and this time I'm going to select Multiline Text.…Unlike single line text,…where I was asked for a starting point,…now I'm asked for the first…and second corner points of a window.…From here we can see…the formatting is already incredibly different.…All the lines of text that we type…are considered a single object.…Another difference we can see…is we have a visor at the top…where we can us to edit our Mtext.…

We have much more control…over things like formatting,…bold,…italic…and underline and overline.…We can also insert symbols…and change justification.…Also, if we right click inside the text area…we have even more options,…like Paragraph Alignment and Bullets or Lists.…Right now I actually have auto bullets…and numbering turned on.…So, if I go back into my text…and I start to type in a list…like one period and then a space,…you can see it shifts over because…it knows I'm entering a list.…

I can press return and it automatically adds each line…and the numbering accordingly.…

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11/20/2017

Looking for a full-featured CAD program that runs on your Mac? Meet AutoCAD for Mac, a leading CAD application that runs natively on Apple computers. In this course, Jim LaPier focuses on the basics of AutoCAD for Mac, helping you get acquainted with the interface, file management, and how to best leverage the application's toolset. He shows how to create and modify geometry to suit your needs, work with layers, add dimensions and annotations, and plot your drawings. Plus, Jim covers the basics of 3D modeling in AutoCAD for Mac.